New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-13
ABRAM s. HEWITT NOT DEAD.
. CLARIFYING REPORT ABOUT THE MAYOR.

.,.pw or HIS DEATH PROMPTLY CON-
.n,crvo-How THE RUMoR WAS RECEIVED.
excited yesterday morning BY rumors
- n~,s NJ Mayor levitt The nrst repor" "o'o
80. .rnsreutly at the Suck Exchange ana wefe In
,, IN .vsrybody's mouth. Inc news sSeno'es
uromrtjv gave circulation TO the rumors Anu U.s. ons
P-.ra bv Dow, Jones Gu. stated that the rumors
coh'son Investigated. Soon afterward Kierasn's
49, ,s.nsy sent over its instruments and through sS
,ns, resulsr channels tho following ANNOUNCEMENT
a,5cIal-Mayor Hewitt 10 dead"
.,sr ihe many rumors this statement was accepted
.ansray a. authoritative, and evcry ~sro noaru
.,ucs..ons Of regre No one doubted the statement
,,.h ,ros..s.d 10 bs oibcis and the news was tsis
, o.. al OYER tho country by the nnumcrabls private
,,a. NJ the b1 ekers oces 1t was sent TO London ~
an important pi.ce Of news. Boon a'Ver Aler"an
agency sent out announcement the rival agency puo
,shed abatement which 1t had Obtained ov telephone
from the Mayors Oeo that the Mayors secretary sao
.h, Mr. nswitt was not dead that the secretary had
s.en him hal fan hour before and that ne was better
This was followed by explanatory message by kier
mans agency: 81,
aMr Hev,t,s condition is so low stnst reports OF his
death started from circle OF his intimate fienos'
Latest a tyces however are that he Is still alive
The confusion caused by these contradictory au-
poupcemens vas great put 1t was relieved In snort
,re br depisls winch rapidly accumulated from all
nu.r,ers William 2. Sullivan, Of Eiernan's agency,
aid in reply to the inquiries Of TRIBUNE reporter:
.Icanno; reveal the name Of authority for the
announcement that we sent ont marked official We
knew last night that Mr. Hewitt was extremely low,
and when we were Informed By an authority that We
considered OF the shrst character had no hesitation
IN ann suncine his DEATH Even since sent out the
denial from Mrs. Hewitt We have been told that wo
had made a mistake In correcting our first statement
You do OF know how good authority we had for ~
but you understand that cannot make II known"
Secretary Berry In tie Mayors ONCE when the
TN hat Mavo AS
seen Mr. Hewitt that mornins and found him as we'll as
could pected and hoping to get out In few days
He confident that the IN was , Da nons. o'1fe
found there pr Herrlek, Mr. HE HEWITT it,. ply ply
s;sn a. NJ" IN the n's was rsrt tn. %s
Berry present. several persons cato 70 Inquire J,
them that Mr.. Hewitt was not even seriously III His
alment was scaiic rheumatism. The greatest pain was
When Mr. Berry returned to tue City Hall, he found
that persons had called to AJAX about the Mayor
wbiinev in rpokyn had elcphoned over to
know what Ire 90 Ms STOCK ana
Produce Exchanges and also sent to the Western Union
q Se Msyo DEATH rspy Spread
through the various depatmeI t. Controller loew sent
and was much relieved when be learned tho truth.
President Coleman had zone the same thing There was
much indgnaton expressed that ruln0r OF ths kluu
should be SO widely circulated without facts TO sup
In the Dock Department the rumor was received with
incrcduty, that followed by establishment Presi.
dent stark was absent Commissoner Koch denounced
the rumor without foundation Treasurer Matthews
attached weight TO the announcement Mt Koch
finally communicated with the City Hall by telephone
learned that there foundation for the report
President Borden, of the Park Department. had called
day morning reaching the office of the Park Board
he heard the report of Mr. Hewts death. and able
az in some way wall street affairs He thought
that something should be done to put stop to such un-
The rumOr did not cause much excitement at Police
.heYo IN hear ~